KILIAN, Bartholomäus II (1630-1696), engraver; PRIMATICCIO, Francesco (1504-1570), artistVlysses dass ist, Allerhand Begebenheiten, welche sich zugetragen in der Griechischen ruck-reiss oder heimbfarth Ulissis nach der Zerstörung der Statt Troja. Durch ... Sieur Nicola in 58 Figuren Künstlicher Masen Fürgebildt, welche zu sehen in dem Königlichen Hauss zu Fontaine Bleau .. Augsburg: Johann Ulrich Stapf, 1678. Oblong folio (245 x 320 mm). 59 unsigned etched and engraved plates:title and 58 plates numbered in the plate 1-58, by B. Kilian after T. van Thulden, most with engraved verse captions in German, most platemarks 193/198 x 240/250 mm., plates 7 and 20 smaller, plates 8 and 24 larger with fore-edge folded. Title-leaf foxed and with large repaired tear, marginal dampstaining to first and last few leaves, occasional light marginal foxing. Later boards covered in 18th-century Dutch-gilt paper with birds and blossoms (spine abraded, paper of front cover and part of lower cover faded). Unidentified 19th-century ms. shelfmark on title.***Only Edition of the first German version of an engraved picture-book of the Odyssey, reproducing the fresco suite of the Galerie d'Ulysse of Fontainebleau, painted in the mid-sixteenth century by Nicolò dell'Abate after Primaticcio, and later destroyed. These mannerist frescoes made the rounds of Europe via several print series, including the present very rare edition, apparently the earliest in the German-speaking lands. The 60 frescoes, considered Primaticcio's "crowning achievement," were painted by Nicolo dell'Abate after Primaticcio's designs and under his direction, from about 1541 to 1600. "Tragically, the entire gallery was destroyed in 1739 after years of neglect and decay. Preparatory drawings by Primaticcio, along with drawings and engravings [such as these] provide a good indication of the decorations' original appearance" (Fiorenza, 799-800). The Dutch painter and engraver Theodor van Thulden, a student of Rubens, drew pen-and-ink copies of the frescoes during a stay in Paris in the 1630s, and had the drawings engraved and published by Pierre Mariette in 1632 or 1633. The present very scarce suite by Bartholomäus Kilian II, third-generation member of the Augsburg engraving and publishing dynasty, consists of skillful reverse copies of the van Thulden engravings. Because the latter were themselves reverse images of van Thulden's drawings (a few of which are reproduced in Fiorenza's article), the present engravings, which are of equal quality to the French engravings, more accurately represent the lost frescoes. Plate 20, with a platemark which is half the size of the others, reproduces an unnumbered plate at the end of the van Thulden sequence, and plates 30 and 31 are in reverse order, but the copies are quite exact, so much so that in a moment of distraction Kilian managed to copy van Thulden's TVT monogram in one of the plates (no. 7): the signature is deleted in the plate but is still discernible. The rhyming couplets in German that serve as captions may have been the work of the publisher. Many of the etchings appear to be in an early state, before added engraving. All copies appear to be identical. These engravings convey well the epic sweep of the frescoes, filled with statuesque and muscular human and divine (and canine) bodies. Among the more touching engravings are those of Ulysses finding his old father (pl. 53), and of Ulysses and Penelope reunited, including a scene showing them talking in bed (plate 48), from Book 23 of the Odyssey. A painting of the latter scene by Primaticcio is in the Toledo Museum of Art (Fiorenza, passim).Later generations considered this series important, and it is an early example of the Augsburg production of picture series, many based on classical literature (cf. Appuhn-Radtke, p. 775*). A later copy of the cycle, with reduced and slightly modified copies of the engravings by Melchior Küsel, was published in 1681 and again in 1705. The work is surprisingly rare. OCLC locates six copies. I locate only two copies in US libraries (Duke and Univ. of Chicago). There are only a handful of copies of the related editions: of the van Thulden / Mariette editions OCLC locates copies at McGill, Carleton, Ontario, and Stanford (1633 edition) and Yale (1640 edition). Of the later Küsel suite there are copies of the 1681 edition at Harvard and Princeton, and of the 1705 edition at Yale, Chicago Public Library, and U. Illinois. Hollstein German XVI, p. 201, nos. 560-618. Augsburger Barock, no. 614.: Thieme-Becker 1:9-10 (dell' Abate); 20:288-89 (Kilian); 27:402-03 (Primaticcio); 33:110-11 (van Thulden). Not in VD-17. Cf. Sibylle Appuhn-Radtke, "Augsburger Buchillustration im 17. Jahrhundert," Augsburger Buchdruck und Verlagswesen Von den Anfangen bis zur Gegegenwart, ed. Helmut Gier & Johannes Janota (Wiesbaden 1997), 768-775; Giancarlo Fiorenza, "Penelope's Web: Francesco Primaticcio's Epic Revision at Fontainebleau," Renaissance Quarterly 59 (2006), no. 3:795-827.* "Dass Kilians Publikation ... noch im 18. Jahrhundert als bedeutend erachtet wurde, belegt ihre Erwähnung in Georg Christoph Kilians Biographie seines Vorfahren. Der `Ulysses' ist ein frühes Zeugnis für das Bestreben der Augsburger `Bilderfabrik,' klassiche Literatur in Form von Bilderserien anzubieten.".

Milton, JohnPARADISE LOST. A POEM IN TWELVE BOOKS S. Simmons, London 1678 - Octavo, 331 pages; VG; newly rebound in 1/4 brown leather, paneled spine with gilt lettering and gilt bordered panels, matching marbled boards and endpapers; Binder's mark for the Temple Bindery; with facsimile frontispiece bound in; A , A , A?, B-X?, Y? The last two leaves are blank but called for in the signatures., This copy is lacking Y? Lacking leaf A , the commendatory poem entitled "In Paradisum amissam summi poetae Johannis Miltoni" by S.B. in Latin. Present are A , the title page, A , with "On Paradise lost" by Andrew Marvell in English, and A?, "The Verse."; page number 240 misprinted as 140, text correct.; The following pages have the line numbers written in ink in the margins, in series of 5: 2-247. Some of those pages have the ink faded and barely visible. Text blocked trimmed along the top edge, occasionally cutting slightly into the title; Wide margins on fore and lower edge.; Name written in ink on title page, 'Charles Somerscales.; JG consignment; shelved case 0. Dupont. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

MEISSNER DanielLibellus novus politicus emblematicus civitatum pars septima . [with] . pars octava 1678 - Oblong quarto (150 x 187 mm); two parts in one volume, part sevenwithengraved title-page and 89 engraved plates (of 100 - lacking plates 45-55) and part eight with 99 engraved plates (of 100 - lacking plate 51). Contemporary vellum, manuscript spine title (a little soiled). [Nuremberg:] Paulus Furst Daniel Meissner (1585-1625) composed the Thesaurus Philo-Politicus, a famous collection of city plans and views depicting European, African and Asian towns. It was first published as Thesaurus Philo-Politicus. Das ist: Politisches Schatzkästlein guter Herren unnd bestendiger Freund in Frankfurt am Main by Eberhard Kieser in 1623. An expanded second edition was issued between 1624 and 1631, with this later edition published in 1678. The finely executed plans and views of the many cities, villages, castles and monasteries are a fascinating record of many European towns before the devastation wrought by the thirty Years' War. These two parts are focussed on Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Eastern Europe with African and Asian cities, including views of exotic towns such as Aden, Constantinople, Mombassa, Tunis, and Macau. Meissner brought an unusual twist to the book, introducing satirical comments to the plates, and providing an emblematic context. Praz pp. 417-420.

IamblichusIamblichi Chalcidensis ex Coele-Syria, de mysteriis liber Oxonii: E Theatre Sheldoniano, 1678. First Edition. Full-Leather. Poor. 316 p. Title vignette. Boards detached. Spine poor, missing most of its leather. Much the same on back board, with medium chips to leather on front. Bookplate. Library stamp on front and back of t.p. First signature detached. Damp stains in gutter on first few pages. Remaining text clean. A few Contents pages chipped. This work, which concerns itself with such supernatural subjects as demonology, mysticism and the occult, was edited by Thomas Gale, 17th century English classical scholar, antiquarian and cleric. The Latin and Greek text appears in parallel columns.

DAVILA, Arrigo Caterino1678 French Civil Wars of Religion Davila English Henry II Italy Huguenot France [London] In the Savoy : Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman , 1678. - 1678 French Civil Wars of Religion Davila English Henry II Italy Huguenot France Enrico Caterino Davila composed an historical account of the French Civil Wars, events in which he was involved. &#145;Istoria&#146; as it was originally printed in Italian, would see over two hundred different editions in multiple languages. This first edition, English edition was translated and edited by William Aylesbury and Sir Charles Cottereli. This edition includes an added table that was not featured in the 1647 first issue. Item number: #2323 Price: $950 DAVILA, Arrigo Caterino The history of the civil wars of France [London] In the Savoy : Printed by T.N. for Henry Herringman , 1678. Details: &#149; Collation complete with all pages: [4], 734, [18] &#149; References: ESTC R 652; Wing D 414; Arber Term Cat., I. 305; &#149; Language: English &#149; Binding: Leather; tight & secure &#149; Size: ~13in X 8.25in (33cm x 21cm) Our Guarantee: Very Fast. Very Safe. Free Shipping Worldwide. Customer satisfaction is our priority! Notify us with 7 days of receiving, and we will offer a full refund without reservation! 2323 Photos available upon request. [Attributes: First Edition; Hard Cover]

Trials; Popish PlotThe Tryal of William Stayley [bound with] 11 Related Trials, 1678-80 1678. A Contemporary Collection of Twelve Popish Plot Trials and a Related Broadside [Trials]. [Popish Plot]. Stayley, William [d. 1678], Defendant. The Tryal of William Stayley, Goldsmith; For Speaking Treasonable Words Against His Most Sacred Majesty: And Upon Full Evidence Found Guilty of High Treason, And Received Sentence Accordingly, On Thursday November the 21th 1678. London: Printed for Robert Pawlet, 1678. 8, 7-10 pp. English Short-Title Catalogue (ESTC) R228446. [Bound with] [Stayley, William]. An Account of the Digging Up of the Quarters of William Stayley, Lately Executed for High Treason, for that his Relations Abused the Kings Mercy. Nov. 30 1678. Imprimatur, William Scroggs. London: Printed for Robert Pawlet at the Bible in Chancery-Lane, 1678. 15-1/2" x 11-1/2" broadside. ESTC R17181 [And] [11 Trials of Men (and a Woman) Implicated in the Popish Plot]. [London: Various printers, 1678-1680]. Folio (12-1/2" x 8"). Stab-stitched pamphlets bound into contemporary mottled calf, gilt spine with raised bands and lettering piece (reading Trials), early manuscript index to front free endpaper. Some minor scuffs and scratches to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities with wear to head of spine, small piece of calf lacking below lettering piece, rear joint just starting at head, corners bumped and lightly worn, hinges cracked. Light toning to interior, somewhat heavier in places, faint dampstaining and worming to margins in a few places, inkstains to margins of a few leaves. A unique collection by a contemporary compiler. $2,500. * The Popish Plot was a fictitious conspiracy to assassinate Charles II. It provoked a spasm of anti-Catholic hysteria in England and Scotland that led to the executions of at least 22 men and women between 1678 and 1681 and harsh laws against Catholics. The work of a contemporary compiler, our volume collects 12 trials and a related broadside relating to this horrible event. The other trials are: - [Edward Coleman] 1678. ESTC R4486. - [William Ireland, Thomas Pickering and John Grove]. 1678. ESTC 2719. - [Robert Green, Henry Berry, & Lawrence Hill]. 1679. ESTC R24642. - [Nathaniel Reading]. 1679. ESTC 7193. - [Thomas White, William Harcourt, John Fenwick, John Gavan, And Anthony Turner].

SEUTTER, MatthausPlanisphaerium Coeleste Augsburg: Seutter, Matthaus. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 19.25" x 22.25". Page measures 20.75" x 24" Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 19.25" x 22.25". Page measures 20.75" x 24".Beautiful double hemisphere celestial map of the Northern and Southern skies with allegorical constellations. Surrounded by seven diagrams. Day and night on earth in the upper left, the monthly orbit of the moon around the earth, how the moon is seen from earth, and planet theories. Some wear at center fold, and with some staining and foxing. Some slight chips at corners and edges. Repair at center right margin does not effect image. "Pag. 2" written in ink at top center. Worm hole repairs lower left. Matthaus Seutter the Elder (1678-1757) was an engraver, globe maker and map publisher based in Augsburg. He apprenticed with J.B. Homann in Nuremberg. Seutter was awarded the title of Imperial Geographer by Karl VI in 1731. His son-in-law T.C. Lotter took over the business in 1758. A beautiful map.

SEUTTER, MatthausPlanisphaerium Coeleste Augsburg: Seutter, Matthaus. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 19.25" x 22.25". Page measures 20.75" x 24" Map. Engraving with hand coloring. Image measures 19.25" x 22.25". Page measures 20.75" x 24". Beautiful double hemisphere celestial map of the Northern and Southern skies with allegorical constellations. Surrounded by seven diagrams. Day and night on earth in the upper left, the monthly orbit of the moon around the earth, how the moon is seen from earth, and planet theories. Some wear at center fold, and with some staining and foxing. Some slight chips at corners and edges. Repair at center right margin does not effect image. "Pag. 2" written in ink at top center. Worm hole repairs lower left. Matthaus Seutter the Elder (1678-1757) was an engraver, globe maker and map publisher based in Augsburg. He apprenticed with J.B. Homann in Nuremberg. Seutter was awarded the title of Imperial Geographer by Karl VI in 1731. His son-in-law T.C. Lotter took over the business in 1758. A beautiful map.

Calderwood, DavidThe True History of the Church of Scotland, From the beginning of the Reformation, unto the end of the Reigne of King James VI NP, Edinburgh 1678 - Folio. (8) 839pp. Original leather with raised bands, housed in an orange clamshell box with gilt lettering on spine. Red edges. Ruling border on title page. Historiated head and endpieces, and initials. Double-rule borders of block throughout. Printed shoulder notes.Summary of content as printed on title page: "Wherein, besides some touches of the Civil State and Alterations of Affaires, in their due order; there is not only a series of the Assemblies, and of the Principal of their Actings recorded; but also a full and plaine Relation of the Trials and Troubles, which the Church did meet with from Enemies to the purity of her Doctrine, Worship, Discipline and Government; of the several Alterations, caused or occasioned thereby; of the many sad and lamentable faintings and backslideings of Persons, sometimes eminent in the Church; of the faithful contendings of others for the Perogatives of Christ, as the alone Head of the Church, for the purity of His Institutions, and for the Liberty and Privileges of His Church and Kingdom, against of the enemies thereof; and particularly against Erastianisme and Prelacy, the two grand Enemies of the Discipline and Government of the Church of Christ, and of their sad sufferings upon the account thereof."After imprisonment, banishment and subsequent exile in Holland Calderwood returned to Scotland where he regained respect and leverage. "In 1648 the General Assembly voted him and annual pension of £800 Scots (£66 13s. 4d. sterling) to enable him to complete his great work, the history of the Kirk of Scotland. He died, however, leaving it still in manuscript, and in three forms; the first and longest is now partially preserved in the British Museum; the second, "a digest of the first," was published with a "Life" by Thomas Thomson by the Wodrow Society in eight volumes, Edinburgh, 1842-49; the third, another abridgment, was published in 1678 with the title "The True History of the Church of Scotland. These histories have slight literary merit, but are invaluable as sources, their material having been collected with diligence and fidelity." (Schaff-Herzog). Laid in a folded page with handwritten notes in pencil.Clamshell box with library barcode attached at upper left corner of front cover. Covers loose, held together by two 2 inch leather tapes at top and bottom. Binding darkened with wear along edges and two tears and chips on back cover. Title page and following six leaves loose but present. Pages 9 through 30 attached to binding only at top. Red edges faded. Bookplate of THEO'L SEMINARY glued to inside front cover. Brief inked and penciled notes on inside front cover. First signature including title page darkened along edges with some fingerprints at bottom. Some age toning of block. Clamshell box in near fine, binding in overall poor, interior in good- to good+ condition. [Attributes: Hard Cover]

HOFFMAN, Johann.Moscovia. Nuremberg 1678 - Engraved map with fine original outline hand-colour, backed with early marbled paper to make a playing card. Dimensions: 125 × 65 mm. Hoffman published two sets of playing cards, one of the world, the other of Europe. That of the world survives in just two known examples. The present example is from the Europe pack which was entitled 'Europeisch-Geographisches Spiel-Charte'. It is extremely rare. The world map in the set bears the imprints of 'J.H. Seyfrid, delineavit' and 'Wilhelm Pfann. sculpsit', probably those responsible for all the cards. The date 1678 comes from the accompanying text volume which resides in the Willshire Collection at the British Museum. Hoffman was born in Frankenberg, Saxony, 17 March 1629. He was often in trouble with the authorities in Nuremberg for various illegal activities including plagiarism. He died 27 March 1698. Provenance: this example is ex Rimington-Wilson Collection sold at Christies November 1971 lot 295 to Sylvia Mann. References: S. Mann & D. Kingsley Map Collector Series no. 87 p. 22 no. 5; Catherine Perry Hargrave A History of Playing Cards p. 109; Geoffrey King Miniature Antique Maps (2003) pp. 146-7; Shirley Britain pp.67-8.

Antique Map-UTRECHT-NETHERLANDS-Visscher-de Hooghe-1678 - Map: 'Ultaiectini Dominii Tabula -' (Map of the Province of Utrecht, the Netherlands.) The orientation of this map is S-W. This map shows the present day Province of Utrecht, Het Gooi and parts of Noord-Holland up to Amsterdam. Nice dark impresssion. Cartouches etched by the reknown Romeyn de Hooghe. Original copperplate engraving and etching on a verge type hand laid paper. Description: This plan originates from: 'Germania Inferior, sive XVII Provinciarum Geographicae generales .', Amsterdam, published by Nic. Visscher, 1678. (Van der Krogt 1, 1:202)Artists and Engravers: The Visscher family were art and map dealers in Amsterdam during the 17th century. Funded by C. J. Visscher (1587-1652), the business was continued by his son and grandson both named Nicolas. Nicolas Visscher I was born 1618 in Wenns, Austria. He died 1679 in Linz. After the death of Nicolas II, his widow passed the business to Pieter Schenk. Romeyn de Hooghe (bapt. 10 September 1645, Amsterdam - 10 June 1708, Haarlem) was an important and prolific late Dutch Baroque engraver and caricaturist. De Hooghe was skilled as an etcher, draughtsman, painter, sculptor and medalist. He is best known for political caricatures of Louis XIV and propagandistic prints supporting William of Orange. During his career, de Hooghe produced over 3500 prints. He also illustrated books, and his illustrations can be found in some of the most important texts of his period. The Hieroglyphica of Merkbeelden der oude volkeren (1735) was a well known emblem book and sourcebook for classical mythology and its iconography. Condition: Excellent. Nice dark impression on full original Atlas size sheet. General age related toning. No rear text. Occasional tiny tears in paper edges. Middle fold as issued. Storage location: B24-19 The overall size is ca. 23.6 x 19.5 inch. The image size is ca. 22 x 18.1 inch. The overall size is ca. 60 x 49.5 cm. The image size is ca. 56 x 46 cm.

Antique Map-ANTWERP-ANVERS-BRABANT-BELGIUM-SCHELDE-Le Roy-1678 - Plate : 'Antverpia, constructionis eius primordia et incrementa.' (Plan of the city of Antwerp in Belgium). With coat of arms of Antwerp and ships on the Schelde river. Copperplate engraving on verge type hand laid paper with watermark. Description: This plate originates from: 'Notitia Marchionatus Sacri Romani Imperii, Hoc est Urbis et Agri Antverpiensis, Oppidorum, Dominiorum, Monasteriorum, Castellorumque sub eo. (.).' , by J. Le Roy, published by F. Lamminga, Amsterdam 1678. This is a chorographical description of the Margraviate of Antwerp, divided in 10 counties: Antwerp, Ryen, Zandhoven, Herentals, Geel, Hoogstraten, Turnhout and Breda. The plates were later used in other works by this author as well. Jacques Le Roy did extensive archival research, but he is reknown for his iconography for which he employed talented artists like Jacob Van Werden, Frans Ertinger, Wenzel Hollar, Lucas Vorsterman II and others. The engravers in this work include: Henricus Causé (1648-1699), Franz Ertinger (1640-1710), J.Harrewijn, Robert Whitehand, Bouttats, N.Stramot, G. De Bruyn. The imagery is highly reliable. His works were translated in several languages.Artists and Engravers: Author: Jacques Le Roy, also referred to as Jacob or Jacobus, was a Flemish baron, historian and theologian who lived from 1633-1719. The engravers in this work include: Henricus Causé (1648-1699), Franz Ertinger (1640-1710), J.Harrewijn, Robert Whitehand, Bouttats, N.Stramot, G. De Bruyn after drawings by J. Van Croes and other artists mentioned under description. Condition: Excellent given it's age. General age related toning and light staining. Narrow margins and middle fold as issued. Paper edges a bit irregular with very small tears. Two small tears in lower folds, backed. Please study scan. Storage location: A85-02 The overall size is ca. 19.7 x 14.2 inch. The image size is ca. 19.1 x 13 inch. The overall size is ca. 50 x 36 cm. The image size is ca. 48.5 x 33 cm.

Arfe y Villafañe (Juan de), 1535-1603Quilatador de oro, plata, y piedras. Compuesto por Iuan de Arphe y Villafañe, natural de Leon, Escultor de Oro, y Plata, en las Casas Reales de la Moneda de Segovia Madrid, Antonio Francisco de Zafra [at the expense of Doña Maria del Ribero], 1678. A collected edition of Juan de Arfe's highly influential writings on the assaying of metals, with woodcut illustrations of precision balances, smelting furnaces, and other laboratory apparatus, faceted gems, and a diameter gauge for pricing pearls, taken from the original blocks. The author writes of Peruvian and Brazilian emeralds, mentions amethysts imported from the West Indies, and the pearl-fisheries of Panama, Cuba, and Cabo de Vela. Arfe y Villafa ñ e, Juan de León 1535 - 1603 Madrid
Quilatador de oro, plata, y piedras. Compuesto por Iuan de Arphe y Villafa ñ e, natural de Leon, Escultor de Oro, y Plata, en las Casas Reales de la Moneda de Segovia.
Madrid, Antonio Francisco de Zafra (at the expense of Do ñ a Maria del Ribero), 1678
quarto (200 × 140 mm), (212) ff. signed §8 A-Z8 Aa-Bb8 Cc4 and paginated (16) 1-408. Oval woodcut portrait of the author on title-page, woodcut ornament incorporating his heraldic insignia and initials preceding books 2-8, woodcut illustrations in books 1-2, initials, and other woodcut ornament.
provenance Earls of Macclesfield, Shirburn Castle, embossed stamp on title-page and fol­lowing two leaves, exlibris South Library dated 1860 on paste-down -- Sotheby's, 'The Library of the Earls of Macclesfield, Part Two: Science A-C', London, 10 June 2004, lot 191.
Lower outer corner of folio Aa4 torn away (loss of four letters on p.384), otherwise in fine state of preservation (other copies examined are printed on inferior paper now heavily browned).
binding eighteenth-century English calf, gilt frame on covers, back decorated in gilt.
A collected edition of Juan de Arfe's highly influential writings on the assaying of metals. The son and grandson of celebrated workers in precious metals, the author spent most of his early life in Valladolid, publishing there in 1572 for the use of artists engaged in similar work, his first book, the Quilatador, three chapters on methods of assaying, purifying, and alloying silver and gold; the correct use of the touchstone and alloy points, and the marks used to signify purity; and the weighing, sizing, and valuing of precious gems, including the 'square of the weight' rule for pricing diamonds. 1 He writes of Peruvian and Brazilian emeralds, mentions amethysts imported from the West Indies, and the pearl-fisheries of Panama, Cuba, and Cabo de Vela. 2
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Precision balance for the weighing of precious metals and stones (page height 200 mm)
At the time there were no standard methods of determining the presence of a metal in a mineral, or - of greater concern - the proportion of silver or gold in currency, and as a result fraud was rampant. Lawsuits pertaining to the fineness of practically all the coins struck at the Spanish mints were common. In a thoroughly revised edition of the Quilatador published at Madrid in 1598 (four chapters on problems of assaying, supplemented by a fifth on the valuation of precious stones), Juan de Arfe discusses certain of these lawsuits (1585-1586), which had resulted in a massive trial against the merchants and the assayers, and the subsequent passing in 1588 of new and definitive legislation. Excerpts from the new laws are printed, including one concerning fraudulent gems. 3
The present edition joins the three chapters of the Valladolid 1572 edition and five chapters of the Madrid 1598 edition, providing a complete anthology of Juan de Arfe's writings on assaying. Its first three chapters reprint the three chapters of the 1572 edition, with woodcut illustrations of precision balances, smelting furnaces, and other laboratory apparatus, faceted gems, and a diameter gauge for pricing pearls, all taken from the original blocks, except for those on four pages (pp.29-31, 36) which were recut. Then follow the five chapters of the 1598 edition, with the woodcut depicting Iuan de Arphe ae 50 taken from the original block. The new edi­tion is dedicated to Don Pedro de Pomar by its publisher, Doña Maria del Ribero, widow of Bernardo de Sierra, who in 1675 had reprinted Juan de Arfe's De vera conmensuraci ó n para la escultura, y arquitectura (first edition 1585-1587), an equally influential work, on the elements of geometry and the anatomical propor­tions needed by an artist.
Like its predecessors, the 1678 edition is rare outside Spain, and is seldom found in good state of preservation. 4 Six copies are listed in the Spanish census of seventeenth-century books 5 and another eight are located by the online Catálogo Colectivo del Patrimonio Bibliográfico (ccpb) and Catálogo Colectivo de la Red de Bibliotecas Universitarias Españolas (rebiun). 6 We trace two copies in France (Bibliothèque Nationale de France; Conservatoire national des arts et metiers, Paris), one in Germany (Kunstbibliothek of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin), three in the United Kingdom (British Library, Wellcome Medical Library, Imperial College), and four in North America (New York Public Library, Smithsonian Institution, Burndy Library in the Huntington Library, Washington State University).
references Antonio Palau, Manual del librero hispano-americano (Barcelona 1948), no. 16054 bis; El Libro de arte en España, catalogue of an exhibition held in the Hospital Real de Granada, xxiii Congreso Internacional de Historia del Art, 3-8 September 1973 ([Granada] [1975?]), p.64 no. 93; Christian E. Dekesel, Bibliotheca nummaria, ii : Bibliography of 17th century numismatic books (London 2003), p.64 A-62
1. John Sinkankas, Gemology: an annotated bibliography (Metuchen, nj & London 1993), nos. 215-218.
2. See European Americana, Volume i : 1493-1600, edited by John Alden (New York 1980), pp.129, 239, for previous editions (1572, 1598); this 1678 edition overlooked in European Americana, Volume iv : 1676-1700, edited by Dennis C. Landis (New Canaan 1997).
3. Cristóbal Pérez Pastor, Bibliografía madrileña del Siglo xvi (Madrid 1891), no. 561. Iberian books: books published in Spanish or Portuguese or on the Iberian Peninsula before 1601, edited by Alexander S. Wilkinson (Leiden & Boston 2010), pp.41-42 nos. 1114, 1116.
4. Miguel Calvo Rebollar, Bibliografía fundamental de la antigua mineralogía y minería españolas (Madrid 1999), p.61: 'La primera y segunda ediciones son muy raras. La tercera es algo más frecuente, aunque generalmente los ejemplares están mal conservados, debido a mala calidad del papel'.
5. Catálogo Colectivo del Patrimonio bibliográfico Español, Siglo xvii : A (Madrid 1988), pp.216-217, no. 952.
6. Catálogo Colectivo del Patrimonio Bibliográfico (link); Catálogo Colectivo de REBIUN (link).

Brown, WilliamEntring Clerk's Vade Mecum. Being an Exact Collection of Precedents For Declarations and Pleadings in most Actions; especially such as are brought For, or Against Heirs, Executors, or Adminstrators . . . Bills of Exchange . . . Assurance [&c]. Wing B5085 First edition of one of Brown's many works, all practical, here reflecting his experience as chief protonotary of the Court of Common Pleas, taking entries from the royal courts' plea rolls, a subject "replete with learning" in John Baker's words. Contemporary calf, crimson morocco label, gilt, rubbed, but a sound clean copy, with the imprimatur leaf; the Taussig copy. Printed by G. Sawbridge, W. Rawlins, and S. Roycroft [etc.], London, 1678.

William Dillingham and George Herbert Poemata Varii Argumenti, R. Royston, 1678. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. In Latin. Rebacked. Bound in full calf. (8), 238, (1)p. Final leaf is blank. ESTC R17058. William Dillingham (1617-1689) was a Latin poet and anthologist. "In 1678 Dillingham published 'Poemata varii argumenti', the first English anthology of neo-Latin verse. The anthology included many poems by Dillingham himself; his translations from George Herbert take up nearly a quarter of the whole." - ODNB. George Herbert (1593-1633) was a Church of England clergyman and poet Contained within is the neo-Latin sports poem 'Suleianum' by Dillingham, inspired by the earl of Westmorland's bowling green at Sullehay Lodge. It presents the sport of bowling as a Virgilian Epic sports battle. With Douglas Cleverton bookplate to the front pastedown. Thomas Douglas James Cleverdon (1903-1987) was an English radio producer and bookseller. Condition: Very good. Some loss to the leather. Offsetting to the first and last few pages. Ink inscription to the front blank. Pencil initials to the rear paste down. Worming to the margin.

Brown, WilliamA Compendious and Accurate Treatise of Recoveries upon Writs 1678. A Notable Early English Text on Real Estate Law [Brown, William]. A Compendious and Accurate Treatise of Recoveries upon Writs of Entry in the Post. And Fines upon Writs of Covenant. With Ample and Copious Instructions, How to Draw, Acknowledge, And Levy the Same in All Cases. Being a Work Performed, With Great Exactness, And Full of Variety of Clerkship. London: printed by G. Sawbridge, W. Rawlins, and S. Roycroft, 1678. [xlvi], 303, [1] pp. Octavo (6" x 3-3/4"). Contemporary sheep, blind frames to boards, small blind crest to center of front board, lettering piece and blind fillets to spine. Light rubbing to boards, moderate rubbing to extremities, heavier rubbing to spine with wear to ends, rear joint partially cracked, corners worn, a few cracks to text block, light toning to text, finger smudges to a few leaves, light soiling to title page. $650. * First edition. The merit of this early text on real estate law was recognized immediately. It went through six editions by 1725. All are scarce. OCLC locates 9 copies of the first edition, 5 in North American law schools (Columbia, Harvard, Library of Congress, University of Minnesota, University of Michigan). English Short-Title Catalogue R26560.